"Totally unforgettable. Absolutely life-changing.”
Alfred’s deeply personal story, told with candor and compassion, will inspire everyone who listens to him.
Awards
Wollongong City Council Australia Day Awards - Mayor's Excellence Award
JCI Australia TOYP Honouree in the category of Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership
JCI Australia TOYP Honouree in the category of Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership
Awarded the Mayor's Excellence Award for outstanding contribution and community involvement in the City of Wollongong. Alfred, an enthusiastic volunteer who supports multiple programs, including Wollongong Living Books, and Aussie Books for Zim which provides second hand books to children in need, also, an honorary member of the International Golden Key Member Society.
- January 2019
JCI Australia TOYP Honouree in the category of Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership
JCI Australia TOYP Honouree in the category of Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership
JCI Australia TOYP Honouree in the category of Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership
JCI Australia’s national TOYP Program provides a pathway for communities to nominate outstanding young Australians between the ages of 18 and 40 in the following fields for recognition.
Business, economic, and/or entrepreneurial accomplishment
Political, legal, and/or governmental affairs
Academic leadership and/or accomplishment
Cultural achievement
Moral and/or environmental leadership
Contribution to children, world peace, and/or human rights
Humanitarian and/or voluntary leadership
Scientific and/or technological development
Personal improvement and/or accomplishment
Medical innovation
- January 2019
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards Australia to Honour Alfred Chidembo (PhD).
Nominated Citizen of the Year at the Wollongong City Council Australia Day Awards
Nominated Citizen of the Year at the Wollongong City Council Australia Day Awards
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards Australia honoured Dr Alfred Chidembo as 2019 recipient of ZAA Australia’s distinguished Philanthropic Leadership Award at the awards gala dinner held on the 23rd of November 2019 in Sydney.
Dr Alfred Chidembo is a distinguished and visionary giver who is being recognized for starting initiatives that make real change in the community, both in Australia and internationally. He is a PhD graduate in Materials Engineering from the Institute of Superconducting and Electronic Materials at the University of Wollongong. Upon completion of his studies, he set out to collect only 2,000 books to send to Zimbabwe to help children in his village in Mudzi District, Mutoko. Two months into it and 10,000 books later, together with his wife, Precious Mugadza, and Aussie Books for Zim was born in 2015.
Aussie Books for Zim is an Australian based charity that seeks to promote education and improve literacy in remote rural communities of Zimbabwe. The charity collects new and gently used books and stationery and ships them to rural Zimbabwe, where libraries are set up for the pupils and surrounding communities. To date, the organization has shipped 90 000 books and have set up 8 libraries in rural schools across the country.
- November 2019
Nominated Citizen of the Year at the Wollongong City Council Australia Day Awards
Nominated Citizen of the Year at the Wollongong City Council Australia Day Awards
Nominated Citizen of the Year at the Wollongong City Council Australia Day Awards
For outstanding contribution and community involvement in the City of Wollongong
- January 2019
